Remnants of The Wielders

Sharumix was speechless. She looked down at her Keyblade now flowing with Xenree's blood. She looked up at Crowley, and her eyes brimmed with tears. "You... You made me this way." Then she turned and ran, she ran as far as she could without looking back. It was true. It was all true, she knew it now. She was a puppet, there was no doubting it. She just had to except it. No. She wouldn't. "I am my own person!" She muttered in between her sobs and hard breathing. She still hadn't stopped running.

 

Crowley smiled, though her reactions disturbed him, he didn't mind that he'd shattered her own beliefs...again. Picking up his Xenree, as darkness healed her wounds, and warped away with her in his arms. He'd have to fix the small glitches in Xenree's mind too.

 

Sharumix finally stopped running and looked around. Somehow, she had wound up at some sort of deep abyss, on the other side of which was an old castle. She didn't think too much on it, she jumped down into the pit and ran to the other side. Then she climbed up the wall-type thing and went inside. As soon as she went through the door, pain erupted in her head and memory after memory after memory came on her so fast she could barely breathe. A boy, taking her keyblade... A girl, asleep on the ground... the same boy, no longer himself, using his new keyblade against her... A great fight... a pain in her heart... darkness... a heartless, alone and defensless... She had to protect it... Not a heartless anymore. Sora...

 

Hogsan was ashamed that he had not done anything to help the others. His eyes brimmed with tears and he felt a rage in his heart to powerful for words. He had to contain it, he had to use it to his advantage. He had to get at Crowly. Or more importantly Sharumix. "Marushi... A puppet?" Hogsan tried to concentrate on what Crowly had said, but the new hatred in his heart made his head pound and Orias (Who was standing in front of Hogsan) swim. "What are you standing there for, Orias?" Hogsan demanded. He channeled his hatred in Orias's direction as if all that had happened was all his fault. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU KNOW! IF YOU WEREN'T SO STUPID NONE IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPEND!!" Hogsan punched the nearest wall so hard that he cried out in pain and clutched his hand.

 

She was... or was She? falling, falling into Darkness... nothing more. Simply, darkness.

In the real world, Sharumix lay on the floor in the entryway of the castle, unconcious.

White all around, blinding him, blinding. His head hurt, but he couldn't give in to the pain. Not yet. He had to stay strong, for her. He had to stay strong... He needed to find Xion...

He was... or was He? falling, falling into Darkness... nothing more. Simply, darkness.

 

Another vision flashed through Sharumix's head. Slower this time than the last. Words, a place, people were actually visible and heard. Crowley stood with a blonde haired man standing over something dark hunched on a table. "Do you think you can fix her? The Superior would be furious to know that after all this effort it would be wasted." Crowley laughed, "Of course I can fix her. You think that I would've made another one if I couldn't fix my first creation?" a sharp look from the blonde man's blue eyes and Crowley smiled tightly and re-phrased his words, "Forgive me. Our creation." "No, I have no doubt in your skill Crowley. I mearly wonder how well your second creation works. Would it be able to do a better job than No. i?" Crowley frowned and turned to look at Sharumix, "She might.....and yet, Vexen, she is still incomplete. Do not forget that a lot of time and effort goes into them. I cannot simply whip one up out of thin air. The resources to make them take--" Vexen inturrupted him with a sharp snap of his teeth, "I know! I know exactly how much it takes to create one. The Replica's are not your project alone Crowley. Do not forget who asked your aid in this and who's original plans it was." Crowley grinned with a feralness that made Sharumix shudder and he spoke quietly. Still too quietly for the memory to preserve.

 

She was scared, scared of what he might be saying. Who was that other man, Vexen? His name seemed familiar, too. She couldn't focus, the dreams were changing... She was lying on a bed, and she could hear a voice coming from above her. "I visited another new world today, Roxas. It was so beautiful." She heard the sound of the surf, and she opened her eyes. A girl was standing above her, the same girl that she had seen lying on the ground in the old castle. "Gimme a break, Kairi." she heard herself say as she sat up. But it wasn't her voice anymore. It was the voice of a boy, and as she looked down at herself, she saw that she wasn't herself anymore. She looked back up and saw that she was standing on the edge og a high place, with a sunset-lit town far below her. Sitting on the edge and looking up at her was a boy with blonde hair. He looked up at her with eyes she recognized as being her own. "I have to make you a part of me too." she said. "This is why I was created."

In the old castle, nothing stirred or made any sound. Sharumix lay on the ground, unmoving, unaware of averything around her.

OOC: If anybody wants to come find her, that's fine with me. :)

 

OOC: Okay, so I guess nobody wants to come find Sharumix. lol, That's a'ight, I don't think I'd want to either. ;D

IC: Sharumix didn't know how long she'd been out. She didn't really remember where she was either. She opened her eyes, half expecting to see someone standing over her, leering. There was nothing (or no one) there. She shuddered anyway and sat up to look around. She was in a large round room with stairs on each side. Then it all came rushing back. Hollow Bastion. Crowley. Xenree. The old castle. Xion. Puppet. Vexen. None of it made sense, except, somehow, everything fit together in one piece. She had to go help Orias and Xenree, not just because they were her friends, but because They were a part of her now, in ways she barely even understood. Okay, how should she do this? Orias was probably still upset about Xenree, and so he might still be in a blind rage and attacking her. And as for Xenree, well, Crowley was controlling her somehow. So what she'd have to do is get Orias to see what the real problem was and set him fighting Crowley instead of Xenree. Now, how to free Xenree's heart was another matter all together. But she'd figure it out later. She stood up, and pulling out her keyblade, she took off for where she had last seen everybody.

 

Xenree woke to white walls all around her. "Nnngh...h-how...?" Sitting up she felt a sharp pain in her chest and she gasped. Crowley pushed her back down on the table and tightened a set of restraints, keeping her down. "Crowley! Let me go! What are you doing?!" He kept his mouth shut and pricked her fingers, each one flinching and drawing blood. "OW! That hurts!" "Of course it hurts you idiot. If it didn't I'd be worried. You nearly died in that fight. Why did you push yourself so far in fighting Sharumix?" Xenree remembered the fight and her determiniation not to be controlled, "I don't like to be told what and what not to do."

 

Sharumix found Hogsan and Orias. But Xenree was nowhere to be found. She took a quick glance around with her senses, like she remembered Riku doing. She couldn't sense Crowleys scent anymore. He must've taken off with Xenree. "Hey guys." she said. "What's happening?" She kept her distance from Orias, making sure that it didn't look like she was keeping her distance. He might still be really mad, and who knew what he might do in his anger that he would regret later?

 

Hogsan turned away from Orias to gape at Sharumix. His anger began to flow in her direction, but the anger was mixed with relief and unexplainable happiness. Running forward, Hogsan crushed Sharumix in a hug. "ARE YOU NUTS!" He shouted, but he really didn't sound mad. "Running away like that. Making me yell at Orias like that. What were you thinking."

 

"Oof." Sharumix smiled for a second before she freed herself from his grasp and backed away. "Well, I think I am nuts. Or going nuts, really. And I was thinking I needed to go collect my thoughts. No offense, but fighting seems to happen a lot around you guys." She looked up at him with a crooked half-smile. Then she turned to Orias. "How's he taking it?" She said, still talking to Hogsan.

 

"Er, I think he's in shock." Hogsan glanced at Orias real fast before looking back at Sharumix. "He didn't say anything well I was yelling at him..." Hogsan took a step closer to him and inspected him. "Orias." He said tentatively, trying to see if he would respond.

 

Hours ticked by and the pressure on Xenree's mind increased. She was trapped and Crowley messing with her head. Xenree drifted in and out of consciousness. Pieces of Xenree's memories flitted in front of her. Oddly, they all included Orias. She couldn't find it strange though. How....Orias, where are you? Where are you inside your own mind? I can't....find you. Her mental link with Orias was failing. The true Xenree fell deep into her own Station of Awakening. Asleep, she lay there in the middle of her heart.

 

Sharumix could tell that something was wrong, even though she couldn't quite think of what it was. "Hogsan," she said. "Hogsan, what happened with Xenree after I left? Is... is she alright?"

 

Soon Crowley was done fixing Xenree. He unstrapped her and watched cautiously as she opened her eyes and sat up. "Are you ready?" Xenree opened and closed her hands and looked up at him. One of her silver eyes was now dark green with flecks of gold. Crowley frowned at the change. "I suppose a bit of your beauty had to be sacrificed for complete control." Xenree nodded, her words coming a little disjointed and robotic, "Control....."

 

Hogsan sighed and rolled his eyes. "Well... After you left Crowly came and took her away. I didn't.... Er, why?"

 

"Well, I just feel like something's... wrong. With Xenree. I don't know... it's just a feeling." She looked away, she didn't want to talk about all her stolen memories right now. "We should be prepared for the worst. I don't know when Crowley will show up again, but I can pretty much guarantee that when he comes, he won't be here for peace."

 

"Something worng.... with Xenree?" Hogsan turned back to Orias and shook him. "Do you hear me, Orias. Xenree is in trouble! Snap out of it man!"

 

Suddenly Orias heard Xenree's voice in his head. "Xenree?" He thought. "But how?"